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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Mosquito bloodlust hormones & inflammation drives long Covid

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Body scans give us new insights into long COVID; scientists discover the switch that triggers a mosquito's blood lust; and we'll take you on a whistle-stop tour of Royal Society's summer science exhibition... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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running.

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Absolutely genius.

0:37.0

Welcome.

0:38.0

This is the show where we bring science.

0:40.0

What that essentially means is discovery is

0:42.0

advances, research, technology, unbelievable.

0:45.0

Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.

0:49.0

Hello, welcome to the naked scientist, the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology, and medicine with me, Chris Smith.

0:57.6

Coming up, body scans give us new insights into long COVID.

1:01.8

Also, scientists discover the switch that triggers a mosquito's bloodlust, but can we turn it off?

1:07.0

And we'll take you on a whistle stop tour of the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition.

1:12.0

From Cambridge University's Institute of Conservation, Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition.

1:12.8

From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,

1:16.5

this is the Naked Scientists. First this week scientists in the United States have been scanning patients with long

1:32.4

COVID symptoms in a bid to assess the long-term impact

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